NEWS: Sanders, Omar Introduce Legislation to Repeal Corporate Welfare for Fossil Fuels in Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill,’ End Giveaways That Destroy the Planet
BURLINGTON, Vt., July 25 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) reintroduced the End Polluter Welfare Act, legislation to eliminate President Trump’s enormous new handouts to the fossil fuel industry contained in the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” along with existing polluter welfare for the fossil fuel industry. First introduced by Sanders in 2012, the bill eliminates more than
NEWS: Sanders Introduces Legislation to Address America’s Teacher Pay Crisis, Holds Town Hall with Public School Educators
WASHINGTON, July 24 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today introduced the Pay Teachers Act after hearing from more than 200 teachers and educational leaders from across the country during a town hall at the U.S. Capitol. At a time when school districts nationwide report serious staffing shortages
NEWS: Senate Committee to Hold Hearing on Employee Ownership Highlighting Success of Vermont’s King Arthur Baking Company
WASHINGTON, July 23 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), announced that tomorrow at 10 a.m., the HELP Committee will hold a bipartisan hearing on the need to expand employee ownership in Vermont and throughout the country. Testifying at the hearing will be Brock Barton, the Chief Financial Officer
MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders to Hold Town Hall on Teacher Pay Crisis with Hundreds of Educators from Across the Country
WASHINGTON, July 22 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), will hold a town hall on Thursday with more than 100 teachers and educational leaders at the U.S. Capitol to discuss the teacher pay crisis impacting schools, students and communities. Joining Sanders at the town hall will be Sen.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders to Discuss Trump Administration’s Harm to Vermonters, Outline Next Steps After Passage of ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
BURLINGTON, Vt., July 18 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will hold a press conference on Monday to speak directly to Vermonters about the Trump administration’s escalating authoritarianism and the devastating impacts of the recently signed Republican reconciliation bill, which will slash funding for health care, schools and nutrition programs that tens of thousands of Vermonters rely on. “Since his first
